Members Carey M Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 xstation Wonder how the va in that is. A friend of mine has an X-Station 25. Nice cheap VA. Sounds different from my R3... Smoother? Still, sounds 100% digital. Small and portable. Nice keybed, but I hate the joystick. Never tried the controller functions. Can it do SysEx like the Remotes can?If you can try the Novation V-Station VSTi, the X-Station sound pretty much identical.- CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Agree it's 100 percent digital ... but the X-Station goes out of its way to go for smooth, imo, while the MK wears its buzziness more as a point of pride ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xoeo Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Guess I will just get both,but first. DLP's PC3x!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 I try not to use marketing speak ... I think "liquid" is being a little generous ... Yeah, the waves are good for some of the keyboard sounds, which make it a lot more useful ... It seems like the Remote SL compact uses the same keybed ... It would seem just as well, though, to maybe seek out another used X-Station 25 ... saw one for $250 once ... (though the ad specified the unit had developed an anus a la Cronenberg ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xoeo Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 (though the ad specified the unit had developed an anus a la Cronenberg ... ) WAAAAATTTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Obsidious Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 yes ... Could you imagine a Cronenberg synth movie ... ??? Not just analog ... actually organic and electro chemical ... Sort of like a Videodrome but for sound and synthesis ... (he'd love all the inputs and outputs ... !!!) Of course, the "enemy" or antagonist in the film would be something digital I guess ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carey M Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Does it send SysEx?- CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just curious ... Why do you sign your posts ... ??? Going through menzies,Diametro ...(last survivor of the Nuendo, signing off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carey M Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just curious ... Why do you sign your posts ... ???Who? Me? I don't know. Just a habit I picked up in the pre-internetz-2400bps-BBS-era.So, does the X-Station have the same SysEx capability as the Remote?- CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carey M Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 The X-Station can use SysEx on everything. Think of it as a ReMOTE + K-Station Synth + 2 channel USB audio interface minus a vocoder. You can download and run the X-Station software editor to see what can be assigned to the controls, even without the hardware. Sweet, thanks! I need a controller for my Microwave 1, X-Station is now on top of my short-list.- CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members killedaway Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 the software editor has been up for a few days, if anyone wants a peek: http://www.korguksupport.co.uk/page.cfm?pageid=361#Editors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nillerbabs Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 Nord Lead! Oh yea - well anyway, those suck just as much as the XL... Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members killedaway Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 By the way, the MKXL doesn't have reverb. When was the last time you saw a synth without reverb? original microKORG/MS2k, Nord Lead 1, 2/x, 3, DSI Mopho/Prophet, Evolver, Moog Little Phatty/Voyager... or did you just mean current VAs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundxplorer Posted February 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 the MKXL doesn't have reverb. Built-in reverb is for lonely bedroom performances for audience of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members depulse Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 The MicroKorg XL has no editor software available yet. It's several months away.The MicroKorg XL is not patch compatible with the MicroKorg. Wrong and almost wrong again. Go to: http://www.korg.co.uk/products/pro_keyboard/microkorgxl/pk_microkorgxl.asp There you will find already today the editor which also allows import of Microkorg and Ms2k patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members depulse Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 What attracts me to the XL is having 3 octaves and still being less than 58 cm wide (allows me to put it on a shelf in a 60 cm cabinet). If Korg only would have added a Triton engine (from the MicroX) and streaming over USB I could have put most of my synths in storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nillerbabs Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 I just listened to the demos at Korg's website. The acoustic piano sucks - no surprise here. But I have to admit: there was a short wurlie / lead passage, and the wurlie sounded surprisingly convincing for a cheap synth like the MK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 I have no doubt that the MK XL will sound great too, for what it is, which is a significantly feature cut down version of the R3, that's only $50 less. You posted this like 50 times in this thread already... I think you've made your point by now, you would rather have an R3. Just get over it :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nillerbabs Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yea, well, I'm joining in for a mock, too.. If you want a Radias, why do you defend the R3 so bravely? Almost seems as if you'd want to keep people from buying the MK, because it would be useless crap - only, you deny that this is the cause behind your sacred mission. What's on? Calm down! You gettin on me nerves, sweetheart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xmlguy Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 The MicroKorg XL is perfect just the way it is. Sorry for suggesting otherwise. That's what people want to hear, so there you go. Bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AfroRouge Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 Has anyone seen the dead horse? All I can find is this pile of undifferentiated goo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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